CON JOB
30-01-2001, 14:42
Ok you lot...time to get off your ass's,
Get posting on the DCcomics forum to
get the producers of the "CONSTANTINE" movie from turning
John Constantine into an American for the sole
purpose of entertaining the "American" audience.
They want Nic Cage or Mel Gibson for the
part.
Why....I doubt Cage would do an English
part any justice so you know what there after...they want to turn JC into a bloody American. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
I am just SICK of people changing the script
around so they can suit it for themselves
without REALLY thinking about the things that
make the story what it is.
Almost ALL the scripts written for Hellblazer
have been IN ENGLAND, Constantine IS ENGLISH,
Hellblazer was created and written BY ENGLISHMEN, Drawn by ENGLISH ARTISTS......................do you begin to pick up a theme here.
Do you think Bond would be played by an
American...GOD NO.
What the F*&$ing hell is wrong will putting
a British actor up for the part or at "least" keeping the character English.
Dont change what is a good idea...dont change WHY people like the story.
John Constantine is probably one of the few renowned media characters that are from England.....what else have we got.....Bond and thats it.
You cast him wrong and he'll just be another scumbag Columbo detective wandering the streets of New york.
They (warners) dont give a stuff about anyone else in the world and this we can change.
I doubt there is a great deal of time before the casting goes through and with the release of "Snatch" in LA, the profile of English filmmakers is quite considerably higher than usuall.
On the DC comics forum the scriptwriter himself is participating in the discussion over what the
story should be about and now its just turned into
a constant flood of posts about the "disgusting" way
Hollywood treats English story conversions.
Look at Judge Dredd
Look at Tank Girl
Look at Get Carter
Look at Red Dwarf
Look at Absolutely Fabulous
Look at Men Behaving Badly
Look at Cracker (good but in NO WAY equal to the UK version)
All monumental screw ups and dumped by the studios.
It takes all of 4 mins to register on the forum and post up your opinion.
The scriptwriter IS THERE. I've been having a little chat with him and so have others. He can show what support there is to WarnerB's for keeping at least "that" part of the character in the film. How often can you say that you get a chance to talk to one of the "MAJOR" participants within the production crew.
Dont be apathetic and go with the usuall flow of "why bother" bollox. Get on with it.....I will not let this lie.
There is a "very" large build up of posts regarding this matter, get your say in.
Post here
http://dcboards.warnerbros.com/files/Forum55/HTML/000218-5.html
The character may be English but hell, I wouldnt have any problems with ANYONE from the UK or Ireland playing him or even and American or Canadian or whoever playing him as long as JCs character remains English.
I have nothing against Americans (I'm half one myself, I grew up in Long Beach California)
But would you have Hugh Grant playing
Batman !!
Its just that all the American Comic conversion have always been so good because
they leave the core of the characters
in the story, look at X-Men, Batman, Superman, do you think they would be the same If they were from France, Russia, or
New Zeland. (no offence to people of those nationalitys...i just picked em at random)
If they wont make the film right in at least the fundamental part of it then why make it at all.
Why not just copy the premise and make a
totally different film out of it.
Oh...sorry...It looks like they already are.
Get posting on the DCcomics forum to
get the producers of the "CONSTANTINE" movie from turning
John Constantine into an American for the sole
purpose of entertaining the "American" audience.
They want Nic Cage or Mel Gibson for the
part.
Why....I doubt Cage would do an English
part any justice so you know what there after...they want to turn JC into a bloody American. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
I am just SICK of people changing the script
around so they can suit it for themselves
without REALLY thinking about the things that
make the story what it is.
Almost ALL the scripts written for Hellblazer
have been IN ENGLAND, Constantine IS ENGLISH,
Hellblazer was created and written BY ENGLISHMEN, Drawn by ENGLISH ARTISTS......................do you begin to pick up a theme here.
Do you think Bond would be played by an
American...GOD NO.
What the F*&$ing hell is wrong will putting
a British actor up for the part or at "least" keeping the character English.
Dont change what is a good idea...dont change WHY people like the story.
John Constantine is probably one of the few renowned media characters that are from England.....what else have we got.....Bond and thats it.
You cast him wrong and he'll just be another scumbag Columbo detective wandering the streets of New york.
They (warners) dont give a stuff about anyone else in the world and this we can change.
I doubt there is a great deal of time before the casting goes through and with the release of "Snatch" in LA, the profile of English filmmakers is quite considerably higher than usuall.
On the DC comics forum the scriptwriter himself is participating in the discussion over what the
story should be about and now its just turned into
a constant flood of posts about the "disgusting" way
Hollywood treats English story conversions.
Look at Judge Dredd
Look at Tank Girl
Look at Get Carter
Look at Red Dwarf
Look at Absolutely Fabulous
Look at Men Behaving Badly
Look at Cracker (good but in NO WAY equal to the UK version)
All monumental screw ups and dumped by the studios.
It takes all of 4 mins to register on the forum and post up your opinion.
The scriptwriter IS THERE. I've been having a little chat with him and so have others. He can show what support there is to WarnerB's for keeping at least "that" part of the character in the film. How often can you say that you get a chance to talk to one of the "MAJOR" participants within the production crew.
Dont be apathetic and go with the usuall flow of "why bother" bollox. Get on with it.....I will not let this lie.
There is a "very" large build up of posts regarding this matter, get your say in.
Post here
http://dcboards.warnerbros.com/files/Forum55/HTML/000218-5.html
The character may be English but hell, I wouldnt have any problems with ANYONE from the UK or Ireland playing him or even and American or Canadian or whoever playing him as long as JCs character remains English.
I have nothing against Americans (I'm half one myself, I grew up in Long Beach California)
But would you have Hugh Grant playing
Batman !!
Its just that all the American Comic conversion have always been so good because
they leave the core of the characters
in the story, look at X-Men, Batman, Superman, do you think they would be the same If they were from France, Russia, or
New Zeland. (no offence to people of those nationalitys...i just picked em at random)
If they wont make the film right in at least the fundamental part of it then why make it at all.
Why not just copy the premise and make a
totally different film out of it.
Oh...sorry...It looks like they already are.